Salmond is likened to North Korea dictator

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The leader of the pro-Union campaign has compared Alex Salmond to Kim Jong Il during an interview in which he also condemned independence campaigners for the negative, intimidating tone of the debate.

In an unusually intemperate intervention Alistair Darling said the first minister’s recent criticism of the BBC for its coverage of Ukip was “a North Korean approach”. He claimed that Mr Salmond was behaving like the late dictator, who led the republic until 2011.

The remarks from the leader of Better Together signal a major escalation of the rhetoric as the campaign approaches its final 100 days. He has